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Structure and working of 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 gun as the main armament of BB-61 class battleship, United States.

A U.S. Navy training film titled ‘Major Caliber Guns & Turrets’ giving details about the 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 gun, United States. Drawings of various guns depict the gun turret of warship Monitor, two 15 inch guns in a ship, and 16 inch 50 caliber gun. Three 16 inch guns on BB-61 class battleship. Structure of gun being explained by an animation showing armored gun house, rotating structure below resting on a roller path. Circular turret foundation supporting the structure. Circular armored cylinder. Powder hoist and gun cradles of a gun house. Shelf plate, pan plate, power equipment for rotating gun located in a pan plate, electric deck used for training of gun, and projectile handling platforms. Projectile platforms which includes two concentric sections, shows projectile ring and fixed stowage. Pointers point to power handling room below projectile platforms. Structure of gun from top to bottom.

Date: 1955
Duration: 4 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060014
Working of 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 gun as the main armament of BB-61 class battleship, United States.

A U.S. Navy training film giving details about the 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 gun, United States. Three 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 guns mounted on BB-61 class battleship. Powder handling room of a 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 gun as operators work out powder handling operations. Operators keep the powder bags moving to the powder hoists. Scuttle operators take powder bags from magazine scuttle and hand them to powder passers. Powder bags being placed in powder car which travels through powder trunk to gun house on top of the gun. Animation explains work of powder hoist as a car travels up through a trunk by means of cable. Projectile ring section as ring operators work under supervision of one petty officer. Projectile ring operator and hoist operator work. Projectile travels up to gun house. Gun house with gun captain, rammer operator, cradle operator, and a primer man. Gun captain at gun which is in loading position. Spanning tray of a gun in position. Rammer operator rams the projectile into the gun. Powder bags being rolled into the gun. Cradle operator raises the cradle and spanning tray. Gun captain turns the ready switch to ready. Gun goes back to firing position. Officer work at control panel. Guns of ship being fired. Gun goes back to loading position. Gun captain opens the breech of gun. Guns on ship being fired. Personnel at work.

Date: 1955
Duration: 5 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060015
The 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 guns firing from Iowa class battleship towards shore installations, United States.

A U.S. Navy training film giving details about the 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 gun, United States. Animation shows 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 guns from battleship firing toward shore installations. Guns attack targets at various distances inland. Pointers pointing to 16 inch gun turrets on Iowa class battleship. Guns on ship fire at targets. Smoke rises from gun fire.

Date: 1955
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060016
Street view with people and vehicular traffic in Saigon,Vietnam.

Tree-lined streets with people and vehicles in Saigon Vietnam. Natives on cycles,bicycle carts and in cars.People relax in lawn outside the municipal theatre.A fountain in the center of a busy street.

Date: 1955, November 9
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028880
Saigon City Hall in Saigon, Vietnam.

The Saigon City Hall in Saigon Vietnam. A large picture of Premier Ngo Dinh Diem can be seen over the front entrance of the city hall (Số 86 Đ. Lê Thánh Tôn, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh 710212, Vietnam). Motorists and cyclists pass by the hall entrance.

Date: 1955, November 9
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028881
Street scenes in residential part of the city of Saigon ,Vietnam.

Street scenes in residential part of the city of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam. Tree-lined streets with vehicular traffic. A fountain is seen at the center of the street. Cars parked along the pavements. Men riding bicycles. A few pedestrians can be seen. A car is seen parallel parking in the street.

Date: 1955, November 9
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028882